Re: Kmail retriving from procmail
Stan Goodman <[email protected]>
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At 21:55:05 on Thursday Thursday 11 November 2010, Ingo Klöcker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 11 November 2010, Stan Goodman wrote: > > At 00:35:34 on Thursday Thursday 11 November 2010, Ingo Klöcker > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > KMail does not cope well if another application like procmail > > > messes around with KMail's folders. That's why our recommendation > > > is to use a local IMAP server in combination with fetchmail and > > > procmail. > > > > > > A possible alternative is the usage of "Local mailbox" accounts to > > > make KMail fetch the messages from the files procmail writes the > > > messages to. See http://kmail.kde.org/manual/faq.html#id2793464 for > > > details. > > > > Yes, I read that Tuesday, and quoted it a few minutes ago in this > > thread, in answer to the suggestion that I configure procmail to > > deposit its output messages in user files from which Kmail should > > retrieve them. So that was the plan I had in mind when I wrote this > > query. The question I am asking is related only to Kmail, namely how > > to I configure Kmail to retrieve messages from those files (what you > > are calling local mailboxes) instead of from the remote servers? > > Well, as I said you need to create a few "Local mailbox" accounts, one > for each file procmail writes the messages to. > > To set up such an account go to Settings->Configure KMail->Accounts- > > >Receiving and click Add. Select the Account Type "Local mailbox". Then > > give the account a suitable name and point File location to the file > procmail writes to. Leave the Locking Method as it is (i.e. Procmail > lockfile). Optionally, enable interval mail checking and/or select > another destination folder (which is used for messages for which none > of your filters match). > > > Regards, > Ingo Many thanks... -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel _______________________________________________ KDE PIM users mailing list Subscription management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-users